Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

"Jingjing, aren't you worried that someone might try to sabotage you?" Chen Guo asked worriedly when she saw posts starting to appear discussing Qiao Jingjing's upcoming match against a professional team. Although these posts weren't particularly popular, they were still generating buzz even on the second day, which was quite suspicious.

After all, in this fast-paced era, even the most sensational news will eventually fade away after a while, not to mention that Qiao Jingjing hasn't even finished fighting yet.

"It's alright, I have confidence in us. Don't forget that our opponent is Excellent Era. They can't even beat a team like Wuji, who has been struggling in the Challenger League for a year. What are they talking about in making it into the professional league? Anyway, as long as we defeat Wuji in the end, all this hype will just be publicity for our team. Since they're going to put so much effort into promoting us, why should I worry about it?" Qiao Jingjing said confidently.

"Yes, Jingjing has a great mindset right now. Everyone should learn from her," Xiao Nai said with a smile.

“That’s right, it’s not Excellent Era, it’s pretty good,” Ye Xiu said.

Wuji Team joined the professional league in the fifth season. They were in the professional league for three years and were eliminated in the seventh season. During those three years, their best result was fifteenth place. In terms of strength, they were not a strong team, not to mention that they stayed in the Challenger League for two years. Naturally, some players, even the main players, left.

Of course, these are all based on the standards of the professional league. If we look at the Challenger League, their strength is still very strong. After all, the final championship of each Challenger League is monopolized by these retired teams.

Although their team doesn't have any top-tier professional players or exceptionally strong characters, they are still a team that has been competing in the professional league for three years. Even with some players leaving, their overall quality remains acceptable. They also have some self-made equipment, which, while perhaps not as much as Xiao Nai's team, is still quite good.

Such a team would normally be considered the final boss of the Challenger Series, but unfortunately this year is different, with the monster Excellent Era joining the fray. So as long as we don't face Excellent Era so soon, Xiao Nai says, "The advantage is on my side!"

In fact, Xiao Nai felt that they were already doing quite well. After all, compared to the original work, they now had Zhang Jiale joining them, not to mention that the equipment of the Happy characters at this time in the original work even included purple equipment, which was completely unacceptable in professional competitions.

While Team Happy currently has limited self-made equipment, aside from their own, everyone else has orange-tier gear dropped by wild bosses. Although they can't compare to Team Excellent Era, they're already on par with teams like Wuji, and might even have slightly more self-made equipment.

“Our current equipment is enough to beat a team like Wuji, but it will be a bit difficult to beat Excellent Era,” Wei Chen said at this moment.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We're already trying our best to hunt wild bosses. Even Xiao Nai needs time to research and create his own equipment," Chen Guo said helplessly.

"Actually, there are ways to increase the number of our self-made equipment in a short period of time," Xiao Nai said.

"What method?" Qiao Jingjing's eyes lit up when she heard Xiao Nai's words. These days, her favorite thing was crafting her own equipment. Every time she finished a piece of crafted equipment, Qiao Jingjing would be happy for a long time. She would even post on Weibo to celebrate, though of course, she wouldn't reveal the equipment's stats.

"It's simple, just borrow some equipment from friends or exchange it," Xiao Nai said. "Exchange equipment, or even make your own? Xiao Nai, are you serious?" Zhang Jiale asked with a bewildered expression.

“Xiao Nai, you should know that the data for self-made equipment is confidential. Even professional players can’t just leak it, let alone someone you’re trying to trade with,” Wei Chen said.

"Besides, wouldn't exchanging the attributes of our equipment reveal our location to the other side?" Tang Rou added.

"They obviously don't have the authority to contact professional players, so I plan to go directly to the team owner. As for equipment information, we just need to find a team that won't pose a threat to our future. That way, even if they know our equipment stats, it won't matter, not to mention that in the event of an exchange, we'll also know their equipment stats," Xiao Nai said.

“Go directly to the boss? You mean President Tao? But their match time is the same as ours, how could they possibly lend it to us?” Qiao Jingjing said.

"Who said we were looking for Tao Xuan? We're not just acquainted with him as the team owner." Xiao Nai smiled mysteriously.

Seeing Xiao Nai's expression, Ye Xiu had a flash of inspiration and instantly guessed what Xiao Nai meant, saying, "I think I know who you're talking about. I think that's good. I'll go ask him now."

Ye Xiu then opened QQ and contacted Zhan Loulan directly, asking, "Comrade Xiao Loulan, I have a collaboration regarding equipment. Would you be interested in participating?"

Zhan Loulan is now a full-fledged professional player, and his name is widely known. Lou Guanning, according to the published information, is the owner and captain of the Yi Zhan team. However, he hasn't been having an easy time lately. After all, they made such a big splash before entering the professional league, but now they've been suppressed in the first two rounds of the competition. As a result, there are now some voices mocking Yi Zhan, saying that they are just a group of rich people who want to experience the professional arena. Even if they do manage to build a team, it's just a fleeting experience in the professional circle.

It's no wonder such comments are appearing online, considering that Zhanloulan and their team have only earned one point in these two rounds of matches. They are currently at the bottom of the rankings among the twenty teams.

Lou Guanning was also troubled by this matter, but thanks to the lessons and sparring experiences he had with Xiao Nai and Ye Xiu, their mindset was quite good. They no longer set their goals as arrogantly as they had at the beginning, but instead focused on the current gap. However, given the current situation, let alone pursuing a ranking, even just scoring points was extremely difficult, and they had no way to solve this predicament.

Sure enough, the five-man group of Yizhan gathered together today for what was supposed to be their weekly meeting, but in reality, they were discussing how to deal with the dismal results of the past two weeks. Before they even started speaking, Lou Guanning's phone rang.

Lou Guanning, already frustrated by his grades, decided to check his phone to see what was going on. He then saw a message from Ye Xiu.

"Regarding equipment cooperation, is this something we can cooperate on?" Lou Guanning, looking like an old man on the subway, asked with a question mark on his face. (End of Chapter)